Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-04
M'GLYNN ONCE MORE.
THE DEPOSED PRIEST GIVES CORR
GAN THE LIE DIRECT,

And Generally Goes for Some Other
Prelates--He Keiterates Georges Charge
of Corrigsn's Political Propaganda, and
Closes with Warning Against Repeat
ing the Calico and Copernicus Episodes.
NEW YORK Feb s-Henry Georges pa
per, The Standard, contains long statement
by DR.. McG ynn, in which he says that his
speeches in 1882 for the land league, which
Cardinal Simeoni described as containing
propositions contrary to Catholic teaching,
| simply expressed the belief that all men are
equally entitled to the use Of the general
bounties of nature, including land sunlight,
| air, and water, and that human laws should
BE- changed 10 conform to this dictate Of nat
| ural justice. ut is absolutely false" SAYS
| Michigan, although SO stated by Archbishop
| CorrigaD, that recognized my errors and
professed to be sorry for them reaffirmed
and explained the doctrine
DIR. McGlynn quotes speech in which he
showed that the eminent fathers of the
| church, st. Basil, St. Ambrose, IS Angus
tine and Clement taught in regard to prop,
erty substantially that a person holding
more than is necessary to his subsistence
takes from the poor that which in justice be-
longs to them. DR.. McGlynn says: Among
those who denounced me to Rome for nv
land league speech were Biships Gilmore, of
Cleveland, and Chatard, of indianapolis, the
former the author and the latter the apollo
| gist of the famous or Infamous Cincinnati
pastoral letter, which was in great meas.
ure deliberate thesis against Thomas JEFF
ferson's declaration of independence
| As an instance of interference with the
right to address meetings not political Nc
| Glynn says that the bishop of Brooklyn got
the archbishop to advise him not to speak al
a meeting where Mr. Beecher and DR. Crosby
were to speak, and that at this very time be
was interceding with President Cleveland a;
the archbishops request, for political pur
pose-the promotion of Gen Newton
he says his riding To the polls with Henry
George was protest against the denuucia
tons hurled from several Catholic affairs al
Mr.. George and his party; against the abust
OF the confessional, IN which men bad beer
coerced from attending Mr., Georges meet
ings by the threat of refusal Of absoution
and against the influence used by the arch
bishop to have clergymen try to defeat tn,
constitutional amendment
DR.. McGlynn concludes by declaring thai
in becoming a priest be did not evade th,
duties nor surrender the right of citizsn il
political movements He says; II deny the
right of bishop, propaganda, or pope to pun,
ish me for my opinions i'll political economy
unless they can show that these opinions ar,
clearly contrary to the Christian religion
deny the right of bishop propaganda, OF
pope to order me to Rome. The vow Of ODE
dience of the priest is simply a promise Il
obey the church authorities in matters con
corning the priests duties of religion. Ny
obligation to the propaganda was not to dc
whatever that institution should see fit t,
commend, but simply TO return to my native
place and there devote myself to the ministry
Of religion.
In an interview during the canvass adj
monished certain ecclesiastical diguitarie
against the danger of repeating the folly
and shame of condemning scientific truth a
religious heresy, as in the condemnation o
Calico and CorpernicuS, 1t seems that they
are fated TO repeat this crime and blunder
and add another to the many reasons tina
have made men look upon ecclesiastical
authorities as one of the greatest foes O
scientific progress, Of national development
and of rational liberty, and in q large par
a hindrance rather than a help in the way o.
bringing the whole world the light. the pur
lty and the comfort that come from tn
| teachings and ninistrations of Christ